WFPHA Blog: Insights on Global Public Health
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Protecting Health Workforce: Recommendations to Develop & Implement Dedicated Vaccination Programs in LIC & LMIC
Protecting Health Workforce: Recommendations to Develop & Implement Dedicated Vaccination Programs in LIC & LMICProtecting health workers through appropriate vaccination is critical to protect them and our communities, and also, to avoid overburdening the...
What Is the Intergovernmental Negotiating Body (INB) Doing?
What Is the Intergovernmental Negotiating Body (INB) Doing?At a special session of the World Health Assembly, which took place in December 2021, the WHO’s Member States decided to establish an Intergovernmental Negotiating Body (INB), representing all regions of the...
What Is the Intergovernmental Negotiating Body (INB)?
What Is the Intergovernmental Negotiating Body (INB)?The COVID-19 pandemic has had a profound impact on human lives, economies, and societies. To avoid a repeat of the past, the international community should collaborate to be much better prepared and aligned in...
The New Operating Environment for Public Health
The New Operating Environment for Public HealthBy Georges Benjamin The COVID-19 pandemic has brought clarity to the fact that public health practitioners worldwide are now working in a new operating environment. Many components of this changing environment have been...
Decision-Making in Public Health: A Reflection
Decision-Making in Public Health: A ReflectionBy Tarun Weeramanthri Public health is a complex business to be in at the best of times. Most of us work in or with governments, where we need to make and advocate for sensible policy, or with communities or civil society...
Has the Pandemic Had an Impact on Your Attitude Toward Vaccination?
Has the Pandemic Had an Impact on Your Attitude Toward Vaccination?The WFPHA is starting a project to analyse if and how the COVID-19 pandemic has impacted healthcare and public health workers' sentiment towards vaccination. In particular, the WFPHA seeks to...
Global Public Health Week 2023
Global Public Health Week 2023The 2nd edition of Global Public Health Week (GPHW) commences on April 3rd 2023, with the theme "Building a More Equitable, Sustainable, and Resilient Health System". It will be a hybrid event, combining face to face and digital...
Statement on Protecting Ecosystems & Supporting Nature-based Solutions for Improved Public Health
Statement on Protecting Ecosystems & Supporting Nature-based Solutions for Improved Public HealthThe interconnectedness between natural and human systems is well documented and is observable in the sheer breadth and scope of our interactions with nature for...
Personalized Medicine Roadmap: Paving the Way to Realizing Its Full Potential
Personalized Medicine Roadmap: Paving the Way to Realizing Its Full PotentialPersonalized Medicine has enormous potential to improve diagnosis, treatment, and prevention. Turning Personalized Medicine into an opportunity for citizens and patients requires the...
Woman, Life, Freedom: Call to Stop the Continuous Suppression of the Iranian Population
Woman, Life, Freedom: Call to Stop the Continuous Suppression of the Iranian PopulationThe World Federation of Public Health Associations (WFPHA) is the worldwide civil society organization that represents over 5 million public health professionals in 130 countries....